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Definition of rightward in English:

rightward

adverb

‘It is also possible to gain High Ledge by scrambling rightwards from the foot of Labrum.’

‘Climb the desperate slab rightwards under the first roof to a resting place.’

‘In the first image, a small red point appears at the left border and moves rightward, gradually disappearing.’

‘He sprang rightwards into a good save.’

‘Jupiter creeps rightward by a bit less than a finger's width each day, while Venus climbs a little higher, as if rising to meet it.’

2Towards support of conservative views and capitalist principles.

‘the electorate is moving rightward’

‘panic set in and the party lurched rightwards’

‘The country's national political scene has edged rightward.’

‘When any centre-left party drifted rightward, it always comforted itself that its core supporters would stay loyal because they have nowhere else to go.’

‘The party moved sharply rightward between 2008 and 2012.’

‘Over the past decade, the party has moved rightward.’

‘The party just kept moving the center ever rightward.’

‘The country's political mood turned rightward.’

‘It is generally accepted that the electorate has shifted rightward in recent years.’

‘Polling data indicate that younger voters are trending rightward.’

‘Polling even showed that public opinion slanted rightward on these issues.’

adjective

1Going towards or situated on the right.

‘the rock face is climbed via a rightward curving crack’

‘Furthermore, amiloride alone or in the presence of Ltip peptide produced a significant rightward shift of the expiratory P-V curve, most probably secondary to an important interstitial edema produced by amiloride.’

‘The slope of the hillside changes direction beyond the trees, from rightward to leftward, as the fault crosses Lincoln Avenue.’

‘Lactic acidosis may facilitate the supply of oxygen to working skeletal muscle by causing a rightward shift of the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve.’

‘Such behavior is responsible for the sequential rightward shift of the curves and the hysteresis.’

‘He had a rightward midline shift measuring 8 mm.’

‘The appended strip accentuates the rightward momentum of the depicted fish tail, as if the wriggling beast had pushed out the side of the composition.’

2Tending to support conservative views and capitalist principles.

‘a sharp rightward shift in national politics’

‘Since the elections, the rightward trajectory of the Democratic Party has continued apace.’

‘While there is likely some rightward political bias, the magnitude of the bias might not be that significant.’

‘When the rhetoric is that of the rightward fringe of the Republican Party circa 1952, I worry a lot.’

‘They are moving the Democratic party in a rightward direction.’

‘The late 1970s saw an abrupt rightward shift in the attitude of the US on the world stage.’

‘This crude fabrication is a manifestation of a sharp rightward lurch experienced by so many academics.’

‘The only way for Democrats to reverse the slow rightward drift in constitutional law is by winning elections.’

‘The paper seems to have lurched politically rightward in its news coverage lately.’